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' UNITED e STATES PATENT OEEICE.

VICTOR D. JOHNSON AND VICTOR OPPFELT, OF MOUNT PLEASANT, IOWA.

FARM-GATE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 382,703, dated Mayas,laas.

Application nled May 14, 18s-1. serial No. 235,163. (No modem To all'whom -it may concern.- v p Be it known that we, VICTOR D. JoHNsoN andVICTOR OPPEELT, citizens of the United States, residing at MountPleasant, in the county of Henry and State of Iowa, have invented a newand useful Improvement in Farm-Gates, of which the following is aspecitication.

Our invention relates to farm and yard gates ro constructed of metalbars, bracing-studs, and wires, so arranged and combined as to con'-stitute a gate possessing great strength of light material.

We will proceed further to describe our invention by referring to theaccompanying drawings, which constitute part of this specification, ofwhich- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a gate elnbodying our invention,having the top wires 2o raised in the center, thereby serving asauxiliary braces. It is also shown as being hung to a post. Fig. 2 is aplan view of said gate, showing such parts as may be seen fromfabove it.Fig. 3 is a side elevation ofa gate having a lioriz'ontalrail at top,-instead of the raised Wires shown in Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a horizontalsection of the middle of the gate, showing, in addition to the centerstud, intermediate studs placed above and below the center, and also5C/zigzag bracing-bars placed in a lateral position between the partedsections of the main braces. Figs. 5 and 6 are elevationsof the outerfaces of the frame posts or stiles, respectively, showing notches forreceiving the wires, by lapping them around the one, and holes in theother for inserting the ends ofthe wires preparatory to fastening them.Fig. 7 is an elevation of the center upright bars and center bracingstudin transverse position wi th Fig. 8 is a cross-section of the uprightframe-bars at thejends of the gate, and Figs. 9 and 10 are differenttransverse sections which may be adapted for the bars, forming thebraces and center upright bars of the gate,

which shapes secure great strength and stiffness in the use of lightmaterial.

In giving a more minute description .We will use reference-letters,ofwhich similar ones will indicate like parts throughout.

. A refers to the hanging bar or stile of the 5o framework; A', to theswinging or latch bar of the gate, which parts are made of metal barstransversely of T shape,.for convenience of attaching the other parts tothem 4and for securing great strength and stiffness.

B are diagonal Vbars or braces, having their ends securely fastened tothe ends of the upright bars A and A. They, being in pairs or v double,have their middle braced outward by studs h and zigzag bracing-bars z'arranged be- 6.o'

tween them, thereby forming transverselyarched braces to the gate.Additional intermediate studs, h, may be placed between said braces asassistant stiii'ening-stays, as is shown.

C are upright bars at the middle of the gate, fastened together at theire nds,and having their middle also crowning or arched by being bracedapart or outward by the stud h,

and by it they are connected with the braces B at their generalcrossings, thereby forming 7C a frame-work of great stiffness, on orthrough which framework wires e are stretched horizontally and fastenedto it, as a barrier t stock. The center upright bars, C, may be extendedhigher than the end bars, A A', and 7 5 the upper wire arched or raisedat its center, as shown at Fig. l; or a horizontalbar or rail may beused instead, as shown at Fig. 3. The wires are preferably doubled orlapped around the bar A' in the notches a', and the ends are 8O passedthrough the apertures a inthe bar A, and are fastened by twisting theends together. `Barbs on `the wires are of material benefit in'preventing stock from rubbing or shoving against gates, as is theircustom where no guards are used. Gates may, however, kbe made forcertain purposes having smooth wires, as shown at Fig. if

D is an ordinary gate-post, to which `the gate may be hung in any of theordinary ways. 9o

The stiffness of 'the bars B and C ismaterially increased over planeflat bars by having them formed transversely, as shown at Figs. apart attheir center by a stud, h, and stayed 9 and 10, or in other analogous,angular, 0r by zigzag braces fi, as a supporting frameluted forms. Work,in combination with horizontal wires Having thus fully described ourinvention e, substantially as shown, for the purposes i 5 5 so as to beunderstood by others, what we specified.

claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A farm-gate composed of upright metal bars A A', and double upright barsC, and Witnesses: io double diagonal bars B, with the center of IRA W.FIDLER,

said bars B and O sprung outward or pressed FRED KNIGHT.

VICTOR D. JOHNSON. VICTOR OPPFELT.

